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When Everything Around You Is Confused, God Still Has the Answer · 5-Minutes of Good News

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello Christians, this is Dallas Beecher.
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  SPEAKER_00: Stand by for good news God's answer to confusion.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: The psalmist David said Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Paul reminds the church that God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when confusion fills the air, Christians do not need a louder opinion.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: We need the light of God's word.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: Confusion is not new.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: It has walked through every generation wearing a different coat.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: In one age confusion speaks through kings, in another through priest, in another through philosophers, in another through culture.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: And in our own day confusion often speaks loudly through opinion, emotion, entertainment, politics, yes, and even religion.
• 1:07
  SPEAKER_00: But confusion always has the same root.
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  SPEAKER_00: Something has been placed above the Word of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's something may be tradition.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may be personal preference.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may be the fear of man, or it may be the majority voice.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may be a favorite teacher, it may be an inherited system we never thought to question.
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  SPEAKER_00: But whatever it is, once it stands over scripture, confusion begins to rule.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: And Jesus said sanctify them through thy truth.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: Thy word is truth.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: That is why the church cannot find peace by lowering the word beneath man's opinion.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: Peace comes when truth is allowed to be truth.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: This is what Scripture first matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Scripture first is not a call to disorder.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is not a rejection of teachers.
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  SPEAKER_00: History, church life are godly counsel.
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  SPEAKER_00: The church needs faithful teachers.
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  SPEAKER_00: The church should learn from history.
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  SPEAKER_00: The church should walk together in humility, but none of those things may become final.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: The teacher must be tested by scripture.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tradition must be tested by scripture, and the denomination must be tested by scripture.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: The sermon must be tested by scripture.
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  SPEAKER_00: The consistency and our conscience must be formed by scripture.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: That is where peace begins.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: Not the peace of pretending everyone is right, not the peace of avoiding hard questions, but the peace that comes when God's voice is given its rightful place.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: The good news is that God's answer to confusion is not hidden.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: He does not ask his people to wander in darkness.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has given a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.
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  SPEAKER_00: The scripture first life says, Lord, speak first.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord speak last.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord speak louder than my fear.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_00: Speak louder than my habit or my pride and my conscience.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: And when the word of God is first, the church does not become weaker, it becomes clearer, it becomes steadier, it becomes more obedient, and it becomes more alive.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: Because God's word is not merely information, it is light, it is brilliant, it is a sword, it is seed, it is truth.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: And when truth is restored the first place, confusion must step down.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: I hope this message today has touched your heart and causes you to have a good day.